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T. CURRAN AND J. L. MORTON.

SUPPORTING STAND Fon TAlLoRs PREsslNG lRoNs.

APPLICATION FLED MAR. 8, |919.

1,319,949. Patented oct. 28,1919.

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THOMAS CURRAN AND JOHN L. MORTON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORTING-STAND FOR TAILORS PRESSINGIRONS.

Application led March 8, 1919.

T0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS CURRAN and JOHN L. MoR'roN, citizens of the United. States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Stands for Tailors Pressing-Irons, of which the following is a speciflcation.

This invention relates to devices for supporting tailors pressing irons, and its object is to provide a device of this kind by which the iron is supported in such a manner that the operator is relieved of the dead weight of the iron when it is taken from the device.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and. in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan View of the device, and

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof.

Referring specifically to the drawing 5 denotes a base casting which is formed with an upstanding cylinder 6. The base is also provided on the bottom, with feet 7, and the lcylinder is braced by webs 8 joining its side to the base.

The cylinder 6 is hollow and open at the top, and seats a plunger 9, the latter beingj hollow to reduce its Weight, but closed at the bottom. This plunger is free to slide up and down in the cylinder and it is norinally held elevated by a spring 10 interposed between its closed bottom and that portion of the base 5 which forms the bottom of the cylinder. This portion of the base also carries an upright stem 11 located centrally in the cylinder and passing into the plunger through a central opening 12 in the closed bottom thereof, above which latter it has a head 13 which limits the upward travel of the plunger. The spring 10 is coiled around the stem 11 and the latter seats loosely in the opening 12 so as not to impede the free movement of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

Serial No. 281,466. i

plunger. The stem also serves to guide the plunger.

The plunger 9 projects from the cylinder 6, and at the top it is formed with a flat enlargement 14C on top of which is laid and secured, by screws or other means 15, a sheet metal plate 16 forming a shelf on which the iron is adapted to be placed. The top of the part 14 on which the plate 16 is mounted is recessed, and this recess is filled with a layer or layers 17 of asbestos to prevent the iron from heating up the device.

The part 14 is strengthened by bottom webs 18, and the edges of the plate 16 are flanged to prevent the iron from slipping off.

When the pressing iron is placed on thea plate 116, the weight of the iron forces the plunger down in the cylinder 6 and the spring 10 is compressed. Now, when the iron is lifted on" the plate 16, the spring eX- pands and pushes the plunger 9 upwardly, so that the plate follows the iron until the plunger reaches the limit of its upward travel. The spring therefore serves to boo-st the iron and relieve the operator of the greater part of its weight. The spring is conical so that it can be compressed to the very bottom of the cylinder 6 if the iron is sufficiently heavy to compress the spring to this extent.

W e claim:

A supporting stand. for pressing irons, comprising a base having an upstanding cylinder, a plunger slidably-seating in the cylinder and projecting from the top thereof, an iron-supporting shelf on the top of the plunger, a spring in the cylinder beneath the plunger and opposing the downward movement of the latter, a guide stem for the plunger located in the cylinder, the plunger having an opening; into which the stem extends, and means on the stem for limiting the upward travel of the plunger.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

THOMAS CURRAN. J OI-IN L. MORTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

